Service difficulty report · Bleed Air Duct · Boeing 727214

Difficulty date
May 15, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 727214
Engine
Pwa JT8D7B
Part
Bleed Air Duct
Condition
Severed
Location
13th Stage
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
M, G
Precautionary procedure
A, E

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) DURING CLIMB THE #3 ENGINE EGT WAS NOTED HIGHER THAN #1 OR #2, AT THIS POINT LOW PRESSURE WAS NOTED ON #3 ENGINE. CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. WHEN THRUST WAS CLOSED THE ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE CLIMBED INTO THE YELLOWBAND WITH NO ILLUMINATION OF LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT. LIGHT WORKED ON START UP. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND THE 13TH STAGE BLEED AIR DUCT SEPARATED AT THE ANTI-ICEING VALVE THERE WAS ALSO BURNT WIRING. THE DUCT AND WIRING WERE REPLACED.